Guides, Tutorials & Insights
Learn about residential proxies, web scraping, data collection strategies, and industry best practices from the Shifter team.
Introducing Sub-Accounts and the Shifter Reseller Program
Track Residential Proxies traffic per customer with sub-accounts in the proxy username, read it in the panel and over the API, and resell Shifter bandwidth on your own platform.
James Meadow · October 13, 2026 Introducing the Shifter Browser Extension for Chrome and Firefox
Today we're launching the Shifter browser extension. Route Chrome or Firefox through your Residential Proxies or ISP Proxies plan, pick a location and keep a sticky IP, with no proxy setup.
James Meadow · October 13, 2026 Introducing Shifter's Free Web Proxy, Built on Residential IPs
Shifter Web Proxy is free: open any website through a real residential IP in any of 54 countries, with no signup, no ads and nothing to install.
James Meadow · October 8, 2026 Introducing IP Info: A Free IP Geolocation API, No API Key Needed
IP Info is Shifter's free IP geolocation and ASN API. It runs on the same database behind our proxy pools, needs no signup or API key, and is ready for AI agents.
James Meadow · September 29, 2026 Introducing Automatic Wallet Top-Up
Set a threshold and refill amount, and your Shifter wallet refills itself so usage-based charges never pause your proxies. Monthly cap, off anytime.
James Meadow · July 30, 2026 Introducing Team Workspaces on Shifter
Invite teammates into your Shifter account with three role tiers, switch between multiple workspaces from the sidebar, and keep billing scoped to who actually owns the plan.
James Meadow · June 17, 2026 Introducing the New Shifter Residential Proxies
A new gateway model with improved speed, 205M+ residential IPs, bandwidth-based pricing, and precision targeting by country, region, city, and ASN.
James Meadow · May 18, 2026 Introducing Ice Payments on Shifter
Discover seamless crypto transactions with Ice payments on Shifter. Streamline your proxy service purchases and unlock new opportunities with Ice integration.
James Meadow · February 12, 2024